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The community team for this year has been announced. This thread is to discuss the announcement of the team, reaction to the formats/structure, and build excitement. Separate thread(s) will be created for community deckbuilding help when the constructed format(s) are announced.

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Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel.
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"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith "I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith "Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion." -WizO_Kwai_Chang "Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax "... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic) "You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion "It's a good gig" - Gleemax "I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert

Congrats and good luck to the team (not that they should need it, if history is any indication).

Does anybody else find it curious that the nomination process is based on MTGO account names, but the announcement only features (and thus promotes) twitter handles? It might be the case that Wizards doesn't want to officially publish account names, but why have a process then that encourages people to give out players' screen names in a public forum?

I also would have expected to read more about the participants connection to MTGO and the MTGO community rather than those ubiquitous questions (favorite Magic card etc.). A short paragraph introducing the player and their contributions would certainly help those that don't know every prominent Magic player and/or MTGO (forum) contributor.

Last but not least, Conley's twitter handle is listed correctly here (@Conley81), but incorrectly on the Arcana (@clwoods). I suppose that Heath doesn't have or doesn't want to use a non-business twitter account for this?

Does anybody else find it curious that the nomination process is based on MTGO account names, but the announcement only features (and thus promotes) twitter handles? It might be the case that Wizards doesn't want to officially publish account names, but why have a process then that encourages people to give out players' screen names in a public forum?

Twitter is more immediately accessable and a better medium to see each person's interactions with the community. I'm sure all of the community cup names (the CC_ names) will be published later.

I also would have expected to read more about the participants connection to MTGO and the MTGO community rather than those ubiquitous questions (favorite Magic card etc.). A short paragraph introducing the player and their contributions would certainly help those that don't know every prominent Magic player and/or MTGO (forum) contributor.

Agree on this one. Let me see if I can get everyone to stop by and introduce themselves and copy them to the first post.

EDIT: And in the meantime, I've added one-line bios to the first post.

Last but not least, Conley's twitter handle is listed correctly here (@Conley81), but incorrectly on the Arcana (@clwoods). I suppose that Heath doesn't have or doesn't want to use a non-business twitter account for this?

I'll get somebody to fix Conley's handle in the article. To my knowledge, the traders account is Heath's only twitter.

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Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel.
Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the [thread=1097559]awesome avatar[/thread]!
Quotables

"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith "I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith "Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion." -WizO_Kwai_Chang "Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax "... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic) "You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion "It's a good gig" - Gleemax "I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert

Thank you for putting in the one line bios, bubba0077. That was one thing (why were these people selected?) I wanted to know when reading over the announcement and it was strange that it was not there.

One of the things that I would like to personally do is get a list of topics that you would like for me to speak with the staff about(with their approval) and try to setup some interviews. This is something that Erik did(puremtgo.com/coverage/community_cup) as he cared about the future of the game and making sure your voices were heard. I'm assuming I will need to have the questions approved ahead of time so the sooner you get them to me the better. I guess the best thing to do would be to post them in this thread or you can send me a direct message on the forums. I will compile the list and then send them over to WOTC for approval.

Good luck. You're going to need it!

May the trash talking begin!

I suppose that Heath doesn't have or doesn't want to use a non-business twitter account for this?

Sorry that is the only account that I use and I was not aware that our twitter names were going to be used so heavily with the cup. In the spirit of the cup I will however agree to greatly reduce any sort of business posts until the cup is over.(I will still have to tell people when we have RTR in stock for instance.) You can also reach me on my MTGO name wilmheath.

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The community team for this year has been announced. This thread is to discuss the announcement of the team, reaction to the formats/structure, and build excitement. Separate thread(s) will be created for community deckbuilding help when the constructed format(s) are announced.

Well, Bubba is a 'bot, so he's not the first repeat player. I mean no human can be online as much as he is, especially on MTGO. So, he is the first repeat AI.

I'm also glad to see Heath on here, it's nice to see some familiar names from the boards, and Heath represents a sub-community of people who are truly economically-invested into MTGO which I think needs to be represented at these sort of events.

The one thing I'd like to see, and I know budgeting is a concern, is a more global team going forward. I'm not sure if there's a way to hold a companion event in relation with both a European and Asian community audience -- but the contributions of both sides of the world bring a lot to the MTGO experience, and I think a bit of that should be reflected here. Maybe somewhere in those last two sentences is a good question for Heath to ask while he's up there.

Anyway, best of luck to you all. And even if you don't win (and you just know WotC is due ...), have as much fun as you can while being forced to wear pants.

The one thing I'd like to see, and I know budgeting is a concern, is a more global team going forward. I'm not sure if there's a way to hold a companion event in relation with both a European and Asian community audience -- but the contributions of both sides of the world bring a lot to the MTGO experience, and I think a bit of that should be reflected here.

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Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel.
Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the [thread=1097559]awesome avatar[/thread]!
Quotables

"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith "I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith "Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion." -WizO_Kwai_Chang "Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax "... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic) "You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion "It's a good gig" - Gleemax "I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert

I had heard a whole 3 names out of those. Who are they in online? Is this thing 0% about how well someone plays in magic online? One guy has over 1000 qp-s this year. He wasnt selected? Why? Or was he?

I had heard a whole 3 names out of those. Who are they in online? Is this thing 0% about how well someone plays in magic online? One guy has over 1000 qp-s this year. He wasnt selected? Why? Or was he?

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Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel.
Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the [thread=1097559]awesome avatar[/thread]!
Quotables

"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith "I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith "Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion." -WizO_Kwai_Chang "Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax "... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic) "You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion "It's a good gig" - Gleemax "I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert

I had heard a whole 3 names out of those. Who are they in online? Is this thing 0% about how well someone plays in magic online? One guy has over 1000 qp-s this year. He wasnt selected? Why? Or was he?

This thing is 0% about how well someone plays Magic anywhere.

Thank goodness or I would of never been selected.

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1. Power nine - I'm sure many people besides myself are curious on this. Likely, we won't get much information, but anything you can get would be cool.

2. State of OOP drafting - They use to rotate different formats every week with a scheduele. Over the past two years is has pretty much faded away. The legacy scene can greatly benefit from these drafts, and many people like myself like to try or play something new from the usual formats offered.

3. Ways to introduce barrier entry cards into the system - Almost on the same page as OOP drafting, but if they won't do OOP drafts, they must have some way to help circulate cards like Force of Will around, allowing easy entry into formats like legacy.

4. MOCS - This past year they cut back on their MOCS tounreys; they no longer offer opt outs or actual cards for sealed deck. The amount of people playing in these tournaments has greatly gone up over the past year or so, maybe an increase in prize support or reintroduce the opt out option. Playing one of these is like a crap shoot. Another possible suggestion is to up the number of QPs to play in an MOCS, while offering opt outs as well.

But really, Bubba, this is important: make sure you go kick Algona and [evil 'gona]. He's been missing for a while.

Well, Bubba is a 'bot, so he's not the first repeat player. I mean no human can be online as much as he is, especially on MTGO. So, he is the first repeat AI.

I've met Bubba, he seemed pretty human. Except for his snoring, that was superhuman. I still can't believe after making day 2 of a grand prix, rather than sleep or practice, dude stayed up moderating the forums.

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Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel.
Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the [thread=1097559]awesome avatar[/thread]!
Quotables

"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith "I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith "Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion." -WizO_Kwai_Chang "Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax "... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic) "You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion "It's a good gig" - Gleemax "I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert

I was just joking with Joe yesterday about me showing up in my underwear literally and how funny/akward it would be for everyone involved. Oh I wish I had the juevos to do something like that but I would most likely be asked to leave or never invited back haha.

Cape Fear Games located in Wilmington, NC. Get 20% extra MTGO credit for your paper cards.

Unfortunately, VCLs do not currently have the tools necessary to take moderation actions directly. VCLs submit their actions to ORCs, who then actually perform the action. This processing can take between a few minutes and several hours, depending on how busy/attentive the ORCs are.

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Dual means two. A duel is a battle between two people. Lands that make two colors of mana are dual lands. A normal Magic battle is a duel.
Thanks to PhoenixLAU for the [thread=1097559]awesome avatar[/thread]!
Quotables

"While a picture is worth a thousand words, each lolcat actually produces a negative wordcount." -Ith "I think "Highly Informed Sarcasm" should be our Magic Online General motto." -Ith "Sorry, but this thread seems just like spam. TT is for off-topic discussion, not no-topic discussion." -WizO_Kwai_Chang "Stop that! If you're not careful, rational thinking may catch on!" -Sax "... the only word i see that fits is incompitant." -Mr44 (sic) "You know a thread is gonna be locked when it gets to the hexadecimal stage." -Gathion "It's a good gig" - Gleemax "I tell people often, if you guys want to rant, you've certainly got the right to (provided you obey CoC/ToS stuff), and I don't even really blame you. But if you see something you think needs changing a well thought-out, constructive post does more to make that happen." - Worth Wollpert